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Uttar Pradesh · PC 23 · 1980 by-election
Rae BareliLok Sabha by-election result, 1980
A.K.Nehru (INC(I)) won Rae Bareli in the 1980 Lok Sabha by-election with 66.2% of the vote, beating J.Mishra (JNP(S)) by 1,07,290 votes.
Winner — 1980 by-election
A.K.NEHRU
Indian National Congress (I)
INC(I) 66.2%JNP(S) 26.0%11 others 7.8%
Votes
1,76,456
66.2% share
Winning margin
1,07,290
40.3% of votes
Total votes cast
2,66,465
Candidates
13
Seat history
All Candidates
13 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.K.NEHRU  INC(I) | INC(I) | 1,76,45666.2% |
| 2 | J.MISHRA JNP(S) | JNP(S) | 69,16626.0% |
| 3 | K.B.SINGH IND | IND | 4,1751.6% |
| 4 | R.PRATAP IND | IND | 4,0041.5% |
| 5 | J.B.S.SANYASI IND | IND | 2,5210.9% |
| 6 | S.NARAIN IND | IND | 2,1150.8% |
| 7 | B.P.DIXIT IND | IND | 1,6250.6% |
| 8 | K.A.KHAN IND | IND | 1,3640.5% |
| 9 | K.PAL IND | IND | 1,3050.5% |
| 10 | L.D.PANDEY IND | IND | 9700.4% |
| 11 | M.L.YADAV IND | IND | 9600.4% |
| 12 | B.aliasG.PRASAD IND | IND | 9450.3% |
| 13 | M.B.SINGH IND | IND | 8590.3% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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40.3%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
INC(I) and JNP(S) took 92% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 1.97 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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66.2%won by INC(I)
INC(I) 66.2%JNP(S) 26.0%Others 7.8%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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